Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/garną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *garnō (“gut, intestine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“gut, intestine”). Cognate with Latin hernia (“rupture”), Latin hīra (“empty gut”), Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string”), Sanskrit हिर (híra, “band, strip”).

Noun

*garną n

yarn

Inflection

Declension of *garną (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*garną	*garnō
vocative	*garną	*garnō
accusative	*garną	*garnō
genitive	garnas, garnis	*garnǫ̂
dative	*garnai	*garnamaz
instrumental	*garnō	*garnamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *garn
- Old English: ġearn
  - Middle English: yarn, ȝarn, ȝern, ȝerne, jarne, yarne, yeern
    - English: yarn
    - Scots: yairn
  - Middle English: garn, garne (conflated with Old Norse garn)
    - English: garn (obsolete)
- Old Frisian: *jern, *jirn
  - Saterland Frisian: Jäiden, Jidden
  - West Frisian: jern
- Old Saxon: garn
  - Middle Low German: garn
    - German Low German: Gaarn
- Old Dutch: *garn
  - Middle Dutch: gāren
    - Dutch: garen
- Old High German: garn
  - Middle High German: garn
    - Cimbrian: gaarn, ghèrn
    - German: Garn
    - Luxembourgish: Gar
Old Norse: garn
- Icelandic: garn
- Faroese: garn
- Norwegian: garn
- Old Swedish: garn
  - Swedish: garn
- Danish: garn